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L.L. Bean, J. Crew Among Those Courting Last-Minute Shoppers

Last-minute holiday shoppers have a friend in L.L. Bean, J. Crew, and Lands’ End. Bean and J. Crew are accepting Christmas orders until noon Eastern time on Dec. 23, the latest cutoff data among the catalogs reviewed by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT; Lands’ End’s cutoff for guaranteed Christmas delivery is 11 a.m. that same day.

Granted, customers ordering Christmas on the Dec. 23 will have to pay a premium for express delivery. Then again, Bean’s cutoff for standard delivery, noon Eastern on Dec. 22, is later than the last-minute deadlines for numerous other merchants. What’s more, Bean is offering free standard shipping.

Food gifts cataloger/retailer Harry and David also has a Dec. 23 cutoff date for express delivery, though at 1 a.m. it’s 11 hours earlier than L.L. Bean’s. A number of merchants are accepting orders as late as Dec. 22 for express delivery, among them food mailers Figis, Hickory Farms, and Stew Leonard’s; women’s apparel merchant J. Jill; general merchant Spiegel; and eco-gifts cataloger Viva Terra.

Below, a sampling of catalogers’ cutoff dates for guaranteed Christmas delivery. Note: All times are Eastern.